During the winter of 1940, when its jail was a single building with fewer than 2,000 inmates, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department pulled out all the stops. The Salvation Army led hymns under ...
Fa-la-la-la-la, Christmas is here! There are a lot of ways to get into the holiday spirit: You can decorate a tree, bake Christmas cookies, exchange gifts at a white elephant party—the list goes on.
Archbishop José Gomez greets inmates after the Christmas Day Mass at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. (Ringo Chiu / For The Times) During the winter of 1940, when its jail was a single ...